Edward watjtis



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` Leners Param Nq. 74,869, dated' February 25, 186s.

IMPROVED PEPPER GASTER-BOTTLE. Y

TO ALL .WHOM A'I'.l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. WATTIS, Sr., of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Pepper Caster-Bottle; and I do hereby declare that the following is :a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to ineke and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. i

This invention relates t`o n new and improvedmethod of constructing glass bottles for holding pepper and articles of a similar nature which are usually connected with table-casters; and the invention consists in making the perforated Vtop or sprinkler of the bottle immovable, and in making provision for the introduction et' the pepper or other article byother means than removing it, as will be hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a easter pepper-bottle made in the usual form, but with the perforated cap permanentlyattached or immovable, and with an aperture in the bottom provided with a slide for intrdueing the pepper into the bottle, the section being through the line x i of iig. 2. I

Figure 2 is aview of the bottom of the bottle, showing the aperture and slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the perforated cap ofthe bottle, which is fastened to theneck permanently. B is the bottom, which may be formed ot metal, in either one or more pieces, with a sliding valve, C, for closing the aperture, which slide is moved from the outside. It has a little stud or lip, e, projecting down suciently for a. catch for the finger-nail, for operating the slide. This aperture through the bottom may be made directly through the glass bottom, with a pivot slide to close it, the object beingto Yprovide means Ifor introduci'nr pepper, or other articles of a similar nature which are used from a table-caster, into the bottle without taking olf the cap, as isusually donc.

It is well known that by frequent use or shaking, the bottle, with the weight of the contents resting on the,

cap, (as it docs when the bottle is inverted,) the cap becomes loosened, and the whole contents are notuni'requcntly discharged where only a slight sprinkling was desired. v

'lo prevent such results is the object of my invention, and Iaccomplish it in the manner alreadydeseribed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture- -v i i A pepper caster-bottle, having a slide, C, in its dat bottom, enabling the latter to be formed at the enti-eine lower end of the bottle, and increasing the capacity ot' the sanie as herein shown and described.

` i y V EDWD. WATIIS, SR.

Witnesses. v

JOSEPH WEIGLEY, CHARLES B. TURNER. 

